Environmental education and workforce development for urban teens.

 



ECOS Session 1
Sustainability and Urban Water Internet Resources

 
Sustainability and Ecosystems
  • Calculate your ecological footprint and then learn how to decrease your impact. Click here. Then explore how statistics relating to various ecological and quality of life factors interact. Click here.
  • September 25 2009 was Earth Overshoot day, the day we used all the resources nature generated in 2009. Click here.
  • If the world's population was reduced to 100, it would look something like this. Click here.
  • Explore unit 4, Ecosystems, including a 30 minute video on rainforests and Yellowstone National Park. Click here.
  • Learn about the six different ecosystems and the threats they face. Click here.
  • Listen to a wombat explain how everything is connected. Click here.
  • Scientists estimate that cats kill hundreds of millions of birds and over 1 billion small mammals each year in the U.S.  Cats are not a natural part of ecosystems. Click here.
Population and the World’s Water Supply
  • Watch the world population increase. Click here.
  • Learn about the problems with overpopulation. Click here.
  • Explore unit 5, Human Population Dynamics, including a 30 minute video. Click here.
  • Watch a segment of the National Geographic Special, The Human Footprint, depicting the impact of the 3,796 diapers used by an average American baby. Click here.
  • See a visual depiction of the world’s water supply. Click here.
  • Learn about the world's water supply through quizzes and films. Click here
  • Read about the water footprints of different countries. Click here.
  • Explore National Geographic's Freshwater Crisis. Click here.
  • Learn about Water Partners, a non-profit based in Kansas City working to provide safe drinking water and sanitation to people in developing countries. Click here.
  • Learn about the impact of climate change on the world's water. Click here.
Urban Water, Water Pollution and Water Conservation
  • Explore unit 8, Water Resources, including a 30 minute video. Click here.
  • National Geographic resources on Freshwater Click here.
  • Learn all about ground water. Click here.
  • Read the recent NY Times article entitled Toxic Waters and review a database of water polluting facilities. Click here.
  • Cleaning the air at the expense of water. Click here.
  • Explore a 2009 Frontline documentary called Poisoned Waters, and view the program on-line. Click here.
  • Learn how urbanization affects our water system. Click here.
  • Read a recent article on the Pacific Garbage Patch. Click here.
  • Learn how to stop water pollution. Click here.
  • Don't ever flush medication. Learn how to properly dispose of it. Click here.
  • Learn all about Missouri watersheds. Click here.
  • Calculate your personal water footprint and ways to reduce your usage. Click here.
  • Find water saving household products. Click here.
  • Calculate your savings from installing water conservation devices including low flow showerheads and rain barrels. Click here.
Green Solutions
  • Learn all about rain gardens and rain barrels at Kansas City’s 10,000 rain gardens website.  Click here.
  • Read about what communities across the country are doing to improve water quality and security. Click here.
  • Investigate the Ford River Rouge Plant green initiatives including a living roof, wetlands, and plants being used to remove or neutralize contaminants. Click here.
  • Watch a short video and learn about green roofs, rain gardens and rain barrels. Click here. and Click here
  • Learn all about the benefits of green roofs and see pictures of all varieties. Click here.
Gray Solutions
  • Research the history of Kansas City’s water treatment process.Click here.
  • Do you know your water infrastructure? Take the quiz. Click here.
  • Explore water treatment and wastewater treatment with an interactive demonstration from Portland, Maine. Click here.
  • Take a virtual sewage treatment tour. Click here.
  • Read a Grist report on Human Waste. Click here.
  • Read about the Bear River Solar Aquatics Treatment Plant, a treatment plant that uses bacteria and small organisms (a living machine) to treat the wastewater for a town. Click here and here.
  • Learn all about water recyling which involves sending treated wastewater back into the groundwater supply to serve as drinking water . Click here and here.
Combined Sewer Overflows
  • Read about combined sewer overflows and Kansas City’s Wet Weather Solutions Program. Click here.
Water Quality
  • Find out about the prescription drugs, household and commercial cleaning compounds, pesticides and other chemicals in the Blue River Basin. Click here.
  • Read the latest KCMO Water Quality Report. Click here.
  • See the latest Kansas City stream quality data. Click here
  • Watch a video on the impact of synthetic chemical endocrine disruptors on males. Click here.
  • Read about weed killer in our drinking water. Click here.
  • Watch a Dr. Oz video on drinking water and home filters. Click here.
  • Watch the Story of Bottled Water. Click here.

 

 















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